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The bad news is that we have too many needs to address then all in the first three picks. The good news is that we shouldn't feel compelled to reach. There will be prospects at or near the top of our board that also fill a need throughout the draft.

https://x.com/jared_nfldraft/status/2028129302756102333?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA more on RB position

Frankly I dont see it with Chubb. Dudes hurt all the time and hes on the old side.

Plenty of country boys would be fine with Charlotte. Just have to show the team and franchise arent dysfunctional AND are not a place to just come cash a check.

He's been a jerk his whole life.

We need to find 3 starters in this draft--a tall task. Maybe not immediately, but sometime during the season to take over long term. I will blindly enter my draft right now with No trades. Not the way I planned it before seeing the board, but I like it.

If his approach to Mays and Nijman specifically means we will be using those resources to go hard on the defense then I am for it. But we cannot revert back to treating Center as an afterthought again otherwise he is going to find out the hard way the same as Fitterer did and Dan was here by his side to see that unfold firsthand.

I love the players selected, but we need an OL in the first 3 picks.

I really hope Morgan & Tillis find a way to double dip with some heavy hitters on D. Lloyd/Mafe is ideal for me, though it would take some serious cap movement. I’d also be stoked for any combo of: Lloyd or Dean @ LB Mafe, Chubb, Hendrickson, Oweh, Phillips (can also kick inside in sub packages) I do wonder if Lloyd is the splash and they don’t want to break the bank on EDGE, if they’re content seeing a healthy Pat + Scourton/Princely in year 2 with a true QB of the defense in Lloyd. I know folks are down on Wallace but could Lloyd allow Wallace to be more of who he is rather than who we want him to be? He’s a Robin that needs a Batman…..not a main character. I also have concerns with Chenal and Quay at LB. I think Chenal gives me Turk 2.0 vibes but at LB. Quay’s blindspot is coverage and that is what we need help with at LB.

Not bad reasoning. Such a long wander until the draft. We are in the desert right now.

I'm sure we all have a few bones to pick with people in our past but that does nothing on most cases moving forward. This podcast era is the gift n the curse. Everyone has to have the hot take but often times, it hurts your image. Steve is beloved by the heart n gut he showed on the field but he definitely needs to just find peace somehow. He's too grown to be out here flaming folk from years ago.

That's strange because if that's all there is then this is very old recycled news. Steve already made this claim public years ago and it has been talked about here before. Ron to my knowledge has never publicly responded so I have no idea if it's true or not. But really it doesn't matter. I mean ultimately if Ron did do that I couldn't say I blame him. Steve Smith has a reputation as a very volatile immature and spiteful person on top of a history of violence. He could have used these years since to reflect and progress as a person but it seems he has no interest in that. It's best for all involved to just not engage with him.

If they are going to trade up let it be in the 2nd round for Hill. But I don't like that idea either. What I would selfishly like to see happen is they take the Oregon safety in the 1st over the 3rd or 4th best ILB or OLB. Then see how round 2 shakes out. Take the linebacker with the 70's mustache in the 3rd and go from there. Production is the word you are looking for.

He was saying Ron hid when he was cut/traded whatever that was. I get being resentful, and feeling like that was gutless. He, and Ron, neither are from the ‘breaking up with someone in a text or email is okay’ generation. That avoidance is seen as a lack of character. Talking about it on camera how many years later? Why? And it is all one sided he said she said stuff. As he is speaking I am thinking well I bet that ain’t the whole story. Between this type of stuff and him cheating on the wife stuff some of his shine is wearing off.

I was very critical of Ron Rivera as a coach for a range of reasons. But Steve Smith has been playing the victim for years now and it's just not working anymore. We know for a fact that he was disgruntled from the moment we drafted Cam Newton because of his own ego. That says more about him than anything he could say about Rivera. And yes Ron Rivera had a lot of faults. No excuses for it. We were right to move on from him. But ultimately Steve Smith couldn't hold it together with that group the same as he struggled to hold it together under previous regimes. He needs to grow up and accept his own role in the last few years of his Panthers career because there are things he could and should have done differently the same as anyone else. Stop seeking to only shift blame to everyone else and evolve or just stop talking and fade away. This isn't helping anyone and it is certainly not helping his image.

A friend of mine was involved in building Steve Smith's house and nearly came to blows with him during the process. Love Smitty as a player, but I've heard very little good about him as a human being.

The logic is hilarious. "They have to see what Bryce Young looks like with 10 pro bowlers on offense, otherwise they'll never truly know if he's any good or not."

Relax. Burn some lilac and honeysuckle incense sticks--waft them. Breathe deeply. Sit with your legs crossed and hold your hands away from your bodies and open them while connecting your thumbs and middle fingers. Close your eyes, then open them to read this. Some random, radical thoughts that may contradict your calcifying opinions of what the Panthers need to do--No. do not lock in. Not yet. As birds know when to migrate to more hospitable climates, you will know when it is time to start thinking that your opinion is all that matters and anyone who disagrees with you is stupid. Avoid that pitfall for now. MORGAN'S APPROACH TO THIS ROSTER RIGHT NOW. Morgan's strategy for re-signing our free agents is clear. "If you love something, set it free..." Morgan is letting Mays, Rozeboom, Nijman, Rico, Wonnum, etc. enter free agency. If they return, they do so on team-friendly deals. Edge is not as big a need as we think. WHAT? AM I CRAZY? Clear your minds of it. Scourton and Princely will no longer be rookies. Our starting Edge players (Wonnum and Jones LL) missed a combined 22 games in 2025--of course we struggled to pressure the passer. Secondly, we did not have LBs that were a real threat to blitz. Rozeboom? Wallace? Puhleeze. More importantly, Wharton, the 5 tech who was supposed to pressure the passer from the inside, sucked a lot. Our two top DTs were not really known for rushing the passer (A'shawn had 5 sacks in 2014, but for his career, averaged 1.5 per season. Brown has averaged about 2 sacks per season). Wharton was supposed to bring pressure from the DT position after sacking the QB 6.5 times for KC in 2024. So maybe another edge is not the best way to address the problem. SUMMARY: improve the ILB play, improve pressure at DT, get a veteran back from IR, and allow your 2025 rookies to improve. Here is my idea: Move up in round 2 and draft Jake Golday (Cincinnati, 6'3", 240 lbs): A flexible defender with experience as a pass-rushing defensive end, capable of filling hybrid roles. (If Golday can slide out and rush the passer from a 9 tech or provide pressure from the 5 to free the nine from the WILL LB position, we could take a lot of pressure off the edges) OT: There are five I would take (realistically after the top 10 run is over) so move back in round 1 and up in round 2: Proctor (I am warming up to him), Lomu (going to be good), Freeling (this should be the guy we target), and Iheanachor--all project to be solid starters in the NFL--trade back and take the best of these. We KNOW we need a starting SAFETY. The draft seems loaded at S in terms of talent. Working with Jackson and Horn (CB) and Moehrig (SS), I think FS is the missing piece. So, based on my mood now: 1st TACKLE Trade back and take an OT--sign Nijman or a vet tackle to take the pressure off, but these OTs can start in a pinch. 2nd: LINEBACKER Trade up and take Golday OLB--if we can't trade back in round 1, and this is my plan, I might take Golday at 19 and hope one of the OTs falls to 51--hope not, but you never know. 3rd: SAFETY Free Safety: I think we can take a player like LSU's Haulcy (who will drop to the third, imo) or Clark (who might even be there in the fourth) who can start. 4th: QUARTERBACK: There could be some hidden, depressed talent to open day 3. If you get rid of Dalton, or not, here is where you grab some fallen, unloved stock. 5th: WIDE RECEIVER--Pretty deep. Give XL a last chance but groom his replacement. 6th: CENTER--there are some solid OTs whose arms were too short. They can be coverted to centers and have superior athleticism. Find a smart one and take him to groom. 7th: BPA FREE AGENCY: INSIDE LB, CENTER, Depth

I'm fine to overpay for a middle linebacker. It's essentially the QB of the defense, and with the right one everyone else on defense gets better. With our market, and our team, overpaying is going to be required as no one wants to be in Charlotte, or part of a team that is 4th longest odds to win a Super Bowl.

We've always known he was an immature jerk. We could find excuses to look past it when he was performing heroics on the field.

I would certainly love to add a talent like Lloyd. But there is a legitimate question of how sustainable this model of chasing and potentially overpaying high priced free agents to resolve our issues is. It doesn't take a guru GM to sign the best available FA. We have many needs. Here's to hoping Dan knocks this upcoming draft out of the park. In the end that's all that will ultimately matter.

I would love to have him. Great athlete. Im not familiar with his qb processing skills, or throwing accuracy but man he has a lot of intangibles that you can't teach

I...I think this is the more mature version. Sadly.

Caldwell is a classic workout warrior. Hell, at least XL actually had one year of good college production. Caldwell has 478 receiving yards in his D1 career. And this was with the #2 ranked QB in this year's transfer portal. I doubt I'd even have him on my draft board.

I think they are locked in on Bradley Chubb and Devin Lloyd as FA priorities. Just from the stuff I have heard.